Explain that to all the dogs and cats I have to surgically remove pantyhose, dental floss, and other “unatrual” foods from. Explain that to the animals in the wild loaded with intestinal parasites from eating their eggs and larave. If by “natural” you mean “good for you,” you’re mythologizing nature.

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Explain that to all the dogs and cats I have to surgically remove pantyhose, dental floss, and other “unatrual” foods from. Explain that to the animals in the wild loaded with intestinal parasites from eating their eggs and larave. If by “natural” you mean “good for you,” you’re mythologizing nature.

I also crack up when people tell me that they’re taking “natural” iron pill supplements rather than the synthetic ones. Oh, were the ferrous atoms in the “synthetic” ones made in a cyclotron? I’m fascinated when I try to explain that the ascorbic acid made synthetically and the ascorbic acid extracted from citrus fruit are identical, and they are certain that I’m just biased because I’m a chemist.

Whatever was deliberately or accidentally created by men (by men only!), we call unnatural. It is something that nature has never thought of.

You see (and I apologise if someone already said this), I disagree with that because if aliens (or non-human intelligent entities) were to exist and were to build, say, a spaceship then that too would be unnatural IMO. If I am correct then that means that “unnatural” really means “deliberately or accidentally created by an intelligent entity” which then becomes a relative POV and who defines where intelligence starts or ends?

Also, if another entity (call it “Race X”), comes along and defines “unnatural” as anything “deliberately or accidentally created by ‘Race X’”” then where does that leave us?

Kyu

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“Keye’ung lu nì‘aw tì‘eyng mìkìfkey lekye’ung”(Insanity, the only answer in a world insane!)

I suppose we should also get rid of everything that was created unnaturally - cars, computers, telephones, televisions, radios, cures for most diseases, any corrective surgery, all books, contraceptives, etc. etc.

I suppose we should also get rid of everything that was created unnaturally - cars, computers, telephones, televisions, radios, cures for most diseases, any corrective surgery, all books, contraceptives, etc. etc.

Occam

Luddites of the world unite! (or is that untie?)

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Church; where sheep congregate to worship a zombie on a stick that turns into a cracker on Sundays…

I suppose we should also get rid of everything that was created unnaturally - cars, computers, telephones, televisions, radios, cures for most diseases, any corrective surgery, all books, contraceptives, etc. etc.

Occam

That includes this thread then too? Surely it is unnatural to be having a conversation like this?